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Print: $28.00 This is the story of VP-92, a Naval Air Reserve Patrol Squadron that flew Lockheed P-2 Neptunes and P-3 Orion aircraft on maritime patrol, anti-submarine warfare, and counter-narcotics missions as well as for search-and-rescue and other purposes. VP-92 was originally based at NAS South Weymouth, MA between 1970 and 1996. In 1996, due to the impending closure of NAS South Weymouth, the squadron was relocated to NAS Brunswick, ME. VP-92 operated from NAS Brunswick until it was disestablished in November 2007. The book also presents the history of NAS South Weymouth and NAS Brunswick, discusses VP-92's Second World War namesake VP-92/VPB-92, and its predecessor Naval Air Reserve patrol squadrons at NAS Squantum and South Weymouth (VP-919, VP-ML-69, VP-911, VP-912, VP-913, VP-914, VP-915, VP-916, and VP-917), and also discusses the circumstances that led to the establishment of VP-92 in 1970. This expanded softcover second edition features 303 pages and 451 illustrations.
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Hardcover Print: $46.00 This is the story of NAS Squantum, a nearly-forgotten naval air station that was located in Quincy, Massachusetts from 1917 to 1953 on the site of modern Marina Bay. NAS Squantum was the first naval air reserve air base and in most respects is the place where the naval air reserve training program really began. This book tells the complete story of NAS Squantum in 367 pages of informative text and 437 illustrations (including nearly every kind of aircraft assigned to the base). The book also covers the civilian aviation heritage of the Squantum peninsula including the Harvard-Boston Aero Meets of 1910 and 1911, the Intercollegiate Glider Meet, the Boston Air Meet of 1912, the B.F. Sturtevant company's flight test and training center, the Massachusetts School for Naval Air Service, the Dennison Airport, etc., and covers the Navy's WWI era Victory Plant shipyard too. This book will be of great interest to anybody who is interested in the history of aviation, naval aviation, or Massachusetts state history.
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Print: $30.00 This is the story of NAS Squantum, a nearly-forgotten naval air station that was located in Quincy, Massachusetts from 1917 to 1953 on the site of modern Marina Bay. NAS Squantum was the first naval air reserve air base and in most respects is the place where the naval air reserve training program really began. This book tells the complete story of NAS Squantum in 367 pages of informative text and 437 illustrations (including nearly every kind of aircraft assigned to the base). The book also covers the civilian aviation heritage of the Squantum peninsula including the Harvard-Boston Aero Meets of 1910 and 1911, the Intercollegiate Glider Meet, the Boston Air Meet of 1912, the B.F. Sturtevant company's flight test and training center, the Massachusetts School for Naval Air Service, the Dennison Airport, etc., and covers the Navy's WWI era Victory Plant shipyard too. This book will be of great interest to anybody who is interested in the history of aviation, naval aviation, or Massachusetts state history.
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Hardcover Print: $21.60 Hardcover reproduction of the 1979 Hanover High School (Massachusetts) Yearbook. This reproduction is being made available AT COST in conjunction with the up-coming 30th class reunion for the benefit of classmates who have lost their yearbooks. Note, this is an ALL Black and White version, which costs substantially less than the original version (also reproduced here) which includes a few color pages!
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Print: $9.10 Softcover reproduction of the 1979 Hanover High School (Massachusetts) Yearbook. This reproduction is being made available AT COST in conjunction with the up-coming 30th class reunion for the benefit of classmates who have lost their yearbooks. Note, this is an ALL Black and White version, which costs substantially less than the original version (also reproduced here) which includes a few color pages!
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Hardcover Print: $46.80 Hardcover reproduction of the 1979 Hanover High School (Massachusetts) Yearbook. This reproduction is being made available AT COST in conjunction with the up-coming 30th class reunion for the benefit of classmates who have lost their yearbooks.
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Print: $34.30 Softcover reproduction of the 1979 Hanover High School (Massachusetts) Yearbook. This reproduction is being made available AT COST in conjunction with the up-coming 30th class reunion for the benefit of classmates who have lost their yearbooks.
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Print: $15.00 This is the story of Bob Tweedy's 37-year career in engine service for three railroads. Bob went to work on the New Haven Railroad's Boston Division as a steam locomotive fireman in 1942. Promoted to engineer in 1953, Bob ran local freights, symbol freights, and passenger trains across southeastern Massachusetts as well as between New Bedford, MA and the big Cedar Hill yard just outside of New Haven, CT. Bob became a Penn Central employee after PC took over the bankrupt New Haven Railroad on January 1, 1969. He then worked for Conrail after CR took over the troubled Penn Central in 1976. Bob retired from the railroad in 1979. The story of Bob Tweedy's railroad career is of great interest to anybody who is interested in railroading or trains. The book contains 159 pages including 27 pages of photographs (48 photos in all).
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Hardcover Print: $44.00 This is the story of VP-92, a Naval Air Reserve Patrol Squadron that flew Lockheed P-2 Neptunes and P-3 Orion aircraft on maritime patrol, anti-submarine warfare, and counter-narcotics missions as well as for search-and-rescue and other purposes. VP-92 was originally based at NAS South Weymouth, MA between 1970 and 1996. In 1996, due to the impending closure of NAS South Weymouth, the squadron was relocated to NAS Brunswick, ME. VP-92 operated from NAS Brunswick until it was disestablished in November 2007. The book also presents the history of NAS South Weymouth and NAS Brunswick, discusses VP-92's Second World War namesake VP-92/VPB-92, and its predecessor Naval Air Reserve patrol squadrons at NAS Squantum and South Weymouth (VP-919, VP-ML-69, VP-911, VP-912, VP-913, VP-914, VP-915, VP-916, and VP-917), and also discusses the circumstances that led to the establishment of VP-92 in 1970. This expanded hardback second edition features 303 pages and 451 illustrations.
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